All bills on the committees agenda today were Senate bills, the committee worked through them in anticipation for Crossover Day.
Senate Bill 60 relates to licensing practice of athletic training. This bill amends and reenacts code relating to licensing the practice of athletic training making it unlawful for anyone to practice athletic training without license or permit.
Senate Bill 310 establishes certain requirements for dental insurance. The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a health insurance contractor that covers dental services or participating provider that has an agreement with a dentist from setting fees unless the services are covered. The bill provides that a health care service contractor or other person providing third party administrator services shall not make available any providers in its dentist network to a plan that sets dental fees for any services except those covered.
The bill provides that a dentist may not charge more for services and materials that are noncovered under a dental benefits policy than his or her usual customary rate. Finally, the bill provides that reimbursement paid by a dental plan for covered services and materials shall be reasonable and may not be nominal in order to claim that services are covered services.
Senate Bill 519 requires county emergency dispatchers complete course for telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The purpose of this bill is to add the training requirements of persons working as a dispatcher in a county emergency dispatch center. It adds the requirement that they have training in emergency cardiovascular care for telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The training is required to be conducted by a nationally recognized trainer and must be renewed every two years.
Senate Bill 641 relates to Primary Care Support Program. The purpose of this bill is to convert the existing revolving loan fund to a grant program for federally qualified health centers and federally qualified look-alike in order to secure federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) funding. The bill provides that FQHC look-alikes already receiving funding at the time this program is created shall continue to receive funding annually.
Senate Bill 369 relates to generic drug products. This bill adds definitions for the terms “covered entity” and “covered individual”. It that if a pharmacist substitutes a drug pursuant to the provisions of this section, the patient shall receive the savings which shall be equal to the difference in the patient’s acquisition cost of the product prescribed and the acquisition cost of the substituted product. This provision may not apply if the patient is a covered individual.
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